Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has praised the new leader of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, as a “bright figure” who will “strengthen” resistance against the country’s foes, Iranian state media outlet IRNA reported Tuesday.
Hezbollah named the Shiite cleric as its new leader on Tuesday, more than a month after his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Qassem inherits the leadership of a group once regarded as Iran’s most formidable proxy in its war against Israel but now significantly weakened by Israeli strikes.
